Metaglossia: The Translation World

Less than two months ago, Merriam-Webster announced that some of its references would be available via an API. Now, competitor Cambridge University Press has followed suit with the Cambridge Dictionaries Online API. Currently, Cambridge offers five dictionaries through an API (i.e. Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, Cambridge Dictionary of American English, Cambridge Business English Dictionary, Cambridge Learner’s English-Turkish Dictionary, and Cambridge Leaner’s Dictionary). Cambridge Dictionaries’ reference systems manager, Dominic Glennon, commented: “The API makes our dictionary data easily available to any developer with a good idea and we can’t wait to see what they do with it.”

biophony noun the combined sounds of the biological world – animals, birds, and insects Each voice in the animal orchestra can be heard. I call that a biophany, it’s the heart of the so...